Law360, Washington (August 24, 2017, 8:06 PM EDT) — The U.S. Court of International Trade granted Meyer Corp. a quick partial victory Wednesday by deciding U.S. Customs and Border Protection could not deny cookware imported from Thailand preferential tariff treatment because the sets included China-made lids.

In the test case tied to 21 related cases, Meyer sued the government after CBP classified pots and pans the Hong Kong-based cookware giant says should benefit from Thailand’s designation as a “beneficiary developing country.” CBP decided inclusion of the Chinese element meant the cookware did not qualify for…